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  2. STILL ADVANCING. THE GREAT BRITISH THRUST.

    Field-Marsbal Sir Douglas Haig reports: Advancing last evening northward of Cantaing, we attacked and captured Fontaine Notre Dame, with a number of ...

    Article : 253 words
  3. HOLDING THE ENEMY. ITALIANS STANDING FIRM.

    An Italian communique states: Between the Brenta and the Piave we sanguinarily repulsed the enemy at San Marino, Monte Pernica, and Monte ...

    Article : 192 words
  4. PERSONAL NOTES.

    The relatives of Lieut. Allan Herbert Grant have received advice that he was killed in action on October 12. This young officer left Brisbane in June last ...

    Article : 2,338 words
  5. MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY. CHAPTER XXX.

    On the fourth of August, 1914, a number of laws, which had been evidently prepared long in advance, making various changes made necessary by war, ...

    Article : 1,483 words
  6. ALLIED BATTLE FRONTS SURVEYED. HIGH MILITARY AUTHORITY'S OPINIONS.

    A high military authority reports: The main point of yesterday's advance is that we penetrated six and a half miles on a 12miles front, which is a record for any 24 ...

    Article : 317 words
  7. BRITISH MASTER-STROKE.

    The newspapers regard the British attack as a veritable master-stroke, lacking neither in surprise nor originality, and carried out with extraordinary ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. AMERICAN OPINIONS.

    The Press is unanimous in its opinion of the tremendous importance of the British advance. The "New York Times" military expert says the British can ride ...

    Article : 291 words
  9. THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN.

    A German wireless message states that General von Mackensen will confer with the Kaiser at Berlin to-morrow regarding the possibility of giving aid to the Turks ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. AMERICA'S HELP.

    Thousands of Germans were forced to remove to-day from their homes near docks, piers, and other establishments in the barred zones, in compliance with the ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONISTS.

    A wireless official Russian message states: The Council of the People's Commissaries, in the name of the Government of the Russian Republic, has ...

    Article : 194 words
  12. COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL.

    The United Press correspondent says the "tanks," cavalry, and infantry are still advancing. The correspondent's personal estimate of the prisoners is that the ...

    Article : 475 words
  13. SENSATIONAL PLOT.

    The prosecutor, when opening the trial of 34 persons charged with complicity in a move to "liberate" India, revealed the fact that Germany had financed the ...

    Article : 114 words
  14. SUCCESS IN MESOPOTAMIA.

    Salvage parties from Tekrit are still bringing in material left by the Turks during the retreat on the Mosul-road. Over 500 rifles and much rifle ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    A French communique states: The Germans this morning counter-attacked our new positions south of Javrincourt. Our fire repulsed them with serious ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. LOYALISTS FIGHTING THE TURKS.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," in commenting on the complex and incoherent situation in Russia, says the country consists of units which do ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. TROUBLE IN CHINA.

    The military governors of the Yangtse provinces insist on the Government making a compromise with the South. It is believed that the South will accept the ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS STARVING.

    Japanese military and naval men at Petrograd report that the Russian soldiers are suffering starvation, and are unable to support the battle fronts. ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. GERMAN "BLOCKADE."

    Germany has announced an enlargement of the blockade zone round England and France from Monday. It affects Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and traffic on the ...

    Article : 330 words
  20. THE BRITISH VICTORY.

    At a meeting of a representative committee appointed through the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League, for the purpose of celebrating important ...

    Article : 196 words
  21. PRISONERS IN AFRICA.

    Mr. J. J. Macpherson (Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office) announced in the House of Commons that the British military authorities in East ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. SHIPBUILDING COMMITTEE RESIGNS.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that the Advisory Shipbuilding Committee has resigned as a protest against the present policy of shipbuilding. The members ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. DEATH OF A BRAVE QUEENSLAND BOY.

    The sad news has been received from the Red Gross that Private E. Pinches (only son of Mr. and Mrs. Pinches, Kennedy-terrace, Ithaca) died of wounds ...

    Article : 630 words
  24. HAVRINCOURT VILLAGE STORMED.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent at the British headquarters, reports: Some Germans kept their nerve and served their machine guns till the "tanks" ...

    Article : 413 words
  25. RAILWAYMEN'S DEMANDS

    The National Conference of Railwaymen has refused the offer of the railway companies of a 5/ advance, making the war increase £1 weekly. The men ask ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. MATTERS QUIET AT HARBIN.

    Mr. Popoff, of Popoff Bros., Brisbane and Har, recently made further inquiries by cable regarding the conditions in Russia, and has received the ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. EXPLOSION IN GERMANY.

    The chemical electron works at Griesheim-on-Main, embracing 21 factories, the most extensive in Germany, were blown up last night. Great loss of ...

    Article : 111 words
  28. BOMBS ON CONSTANTINOPLE.

    The Admiralty reports that a successful raid in the vicinity of Constantinople last July was carried out by a British bombing aeroplane of the Handley-Page type, which ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. SETTLING SOLDIERS IN AUSTRALIA.

    Sir John Norton Griffiths asked in the House of Commons whether Great Britain had approached the Australian Government regarding the settlement of ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. LOSSES OF BRITISH VESSELS.

    A naval authority, in commenting on the greater number of British vessels sunk during the past week, states that the weather was more favourable for ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. RELEASE OF NEW ZEALAND FOODSTUFFS.

    It is understood that Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) has arranged to greatly ease the accumulation of foodstuffs in New ...

    Article : 34 words
  32. JAPANESE HELP.

    The newspapers understand that the Inter-Allied Conference in Paris will definitely discuss the question of a Japanese military expedition to Europe. It ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. LORD NORTHCLIFFE.

    The Newspaper Proprietors' Association and 100 London journalists, Lord Burnham presiding, tendered a luncheon to Lord Northcliffe at the Savoy Hotel, in honour ...

    Article : 41 words
  34. THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS.

    The Imperial Graves Commission has decided not to make any distinction between the memorial marking on the graves of officers and men. Probably regimental ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. COMING HOME.

    The military authorities advise that approximately 220 returned invalid soldiers are expected to arrive by special trains from Sydney on Monday, at 3.50 p.m. and 7.40 p.m. respectively, ...

    Article : 159 words
  36. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 words
  37. INTRIGUES IN MEXICO.

    Additional evidence has been secured concerning Teutonic intrigues in Mexico in fostering revolts to discredit Carranza. It is hoped thereby to force the United ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. MEAT FREIGHTS.

    Replying to the Right Hon. W. Runciman in the House of Commons, Sir L. G. Chiozza Money (Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller) said ...

    Article : 91 words
  39. HEAVY FIGHTING ON THURSDAY.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, in a later despatch, says: The cavalry, infantry, and "tanks" are still active in the break in the Hindenburg line. There was heavy fighting this ...

    Article : 183 words
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